Getty ImagesBERMUDAS- Jen Kao added interest to a simple blue Bermuda by executing the look with an asymmetrical seam around the knees.

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BERMUDAS- The look was crisp and clean at J.Crew, where these simple white Bermudas were paired with a slouchy striped pullover in pink and red.

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Getty ImagesBERMUDAS- At Karen Walker, a simple pinstriped Bermuda in pale blue and white was paired with a see-through parka and button-down top for a fun, sporty look.

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DIGITAL PRINTS- Digital prints continue to dominate the runways this season with nature-inspired patterns and techie motifs. Naeem Khan used snapshots from his phone to generate his distinctive "wave" print, here rendered on a strapless silk cocktail dress.

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Getty ImagesDIGITAL PRINTS- Prabal Gurung has championed "mirror" prints (patterns that are perfectly symmetrical around a center line) for the past several seasons. For spring, he updated the look with bright purple peonies overlaid onto black and white paint drips.

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Getty ImagesDIGITAL PRINTS- Proenza Schouler took the cake this spring for most inventive use of digital printmaking with blown-up images of sidewalks and beaches.

Getty ImagesMIXED MEDIA- Designers mixed textures, prints and patterns this season, but nobody created the look quite as convincingly Proenza Schouler, which took inspiration from a Tumblr feed for these mixed graphic and exotic leather pieces.

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Getty ImagesMIXED MEDIA- Rodarte took a punk-rock approach to the same look, layering fringed leather pieces festooned in geometric embellishments over frayed denim and graphic separates.

Getty ImagesSTATEMENT SUITS- If you buy one outfit for spring, make it a statement-making suit, which showed up on nearly every runway we saw this season. Rachel Roy put a girly twist on the look by executing it in hot pink and cuffing the trousers at the ankle (better for showing off a cool shoe).

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Getty ImagesSTATEMENT SUITS- Jenni Kayne also featured a hot pink suit in her Spring '13 collection, though hers was trimmed in tomato red along the lapel and shown with shock-white d'Orsay flats.